White House labels Turnbull the 'President of Australia'

Hannah Busch
eatures and Special Publications Editor
Hannah began writing for APN newspapers in Hervey Bay and Maryborough in 2011, writing about everything from the prize-winning sausages to murder trials. She joined the team at the Queensland Times in early 2014 as editor of City Heart and Roughin It magazines.

The latest case of mistaken identity was a chance for other social media users to drag up another of the Trump administrations errors from earlier in the week, when senior adviser Kellyanne Conway referenced a massacre that never happened.

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Others adopted the alternative name for Turnbull that Trump's press secretary used in official press conferences throughout the week. While trying to reassure Americans of Trump's respect for the Australian people, Spicer twice called Turnbull by the wrong name.

He called Turnbull by two incorrect names - Trunbull and Trumble, in two separate conferences.

'I have great respect for Prime Minister #Trumble and the people of Austria.'